dribble vs leak

dribble

verb
  • To let something fall in drips. 

  • To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand. 

  • In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly. 

  • To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool. 

  • To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle. 

noun
  • A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle. 

  • Drool; saliva. 

  • A small amount of a liquid. 

  • The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it. 

  • A card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand. 

leak

verb
  • (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed. 

  • To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed. 

  • To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously. 

  • To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked. 

  • To urinate. 

  • To bleed. 

  • To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked. 

noun
  • A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape. 

  • The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture. 

  • The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions. 

  • A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret. 

  • The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs. 

  • A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs. 

  • An act of urination. 

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